Income tax calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 10 650
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 548
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 107
Total tax
- R 655
Net pay
* R 9 995
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
6.1%
93.9%
Net pay
6.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 9 995
Net pay
R 213
Tax the employer pays
R 655
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 868
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 213 to pay you R 10 650. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.81 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.1% tax rate now rises to 8.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 127 800 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 857. That means that your net pay will be R 119 943 per year, or R 9 995 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.2% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of R 100 in your salary will be taxed R 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 127 800
0.0%
1
Ireland
ZAR 127 800
0.0%
2
Norway
ZAR 122 261
4.3%
3
Spain
ZAR 119 685
6.4%
4
Switzerland
ZAR 118 618
7.2%
5
Italy
ZAR 116 055
9.2%
6
France
ZAR 115 403
9.7%
7
Austria
ZAR 114 554
10.4%
8
Czech Republic
ZAR 113 742
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
ZAR 113 667
11.1%
10
Russia
ZAR 111 186
13.0%
11
Hungary
ZAR 104 157
18.5%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 102 879
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 102 655
19.7%
14
Sweden
ZAR 101 605
20.5%
15
Poland
ZAR 100 354
21.5%
16
Greece
ZAR 99 877
21.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 94 725
25.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 88 502
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 86 904
32.0%
20
Denmark
ZAR 84 889
33.6%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 80 425
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 74 763
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 116 774
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 99 835
21.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 127 800
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 127 800
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 120 865
5.4%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 120 395
5.8%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 116 488
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 114 116
10.7%
6
South Korea
ZAR 112 880
11.7%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 112 772
11.8%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 112 605
11.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 112 114
12.3%
10
India
ZAR 105 360
17.6%
11
Japan
ZAR 103 848
18.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 103 637
18.9%
13
Singapore
ZAR 102 291
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 101 218
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 91 837
28.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 117 640
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 117 576
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 115 723
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 115 546
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 114 381
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 113 742
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 112 109
12.3%
7
Brazil
ZAR 111 865
12.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 111 825
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 105 307
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 102 112
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 82 945
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 119 943
6.2%
1
Morocco
ZAR 108 927
14.8%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 101 223
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 100 780
21.1%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 100 739
21.2%
5
Kenya
ZAR 98 914
22.6%
6
Angola
ZAR 95 727
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 95 315
25.4%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 89 170
30.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 88 369
30.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 87 897
31.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 87 203
31.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 121 410
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 121 410
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 117 576
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 117 576
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 115 020
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 113 742
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 110 994
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 100 241
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 99 261
22.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 77 847
39.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of South Africa, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.